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Subject: [CASCLARA] Celina NORMANDIN (d. 2.6.1921)
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 19:03:33 -0800

PIONEER RESIDENT OF SAN JOSE SUCCUMBS

Mrs. C. Normandin, Mother of Local Automobile Dealer, Passes Away Suddenly

Mrs. Celina Normandin of this city, wife of A. Normandin and
mother of Louis Normandin of the Normandin-Campin automobile company, died
unexpectedly at her home here yesterday.

Aside from a slight illness some three months ago, the deceased
had enjoyed good health up to the time of her death, and her passing comes
as a distinct shock to relatives and a wide circle of friends.

The deceased was a native of Canada, but came to San Jose in
1864 when but eight years of age, and has since made her home in this city.
She was a devoted member of the catholic church, and the Christian spirit
which characterized her whole life made her an instrument for good wherever
she went or in whatever she undertook. Those who were privileged to call
her friend, found in her all that the world implied and join with relatives
in mourning the loss of one whose place it will be impossible to fill.

Funeral services are being held up pending a reply to a cable
dispatched yesterday to Louis Normandin, son of the deceased woman, who is
now in Honolulu. It is hoped that he will be able to return to attend the
funeral services.

In addition to the husband and son, relatives surviving the
deceased are a brother, Antone Pinard, and two grandchildren, Irving and
Clair Normandin.

San Jose Mercury Herald, Monday, February 7, 1921, Front Page and Page 2



NORMANDIN - In San Jose, Cal., February 6, 1921, Celina Normandin, beloved
wife of A. Normandin, loving mother of Louis Normandin, sister of ANtone
Pinard, grandmother of Irving and Clair Normandin; a native of Canada.

Friends and members of the Ladies' Sodality are invited to
attend the funeral today (Thursday), February 10, 1921, from Residence
funeral parlots of W.B. Ward Undertaking Co., North Market street, at
Devine, at 9:30 a.m., thence to St. Patrick's Church, where requiem high
mass will be celebrated for the repose of her soul, commencing at 10 a.m.
Interment Santa Clara.

San Jose Mercury Herald, Page 14, May 10, 1921



FUNERAL SERVICES FOR PIONEER WOMAN

Only Son Now in Hawaiian Islands Unable to Arrive in Time for Funeral

The funeral of the late Mrs. Celina Normandin, devoted wife of
A. Normandin and loving mother of Louis Normandin, well known automobile
dealer of San Jose, was held from the undertaking parlors of the W.B. Ward
company yesterday morning, proceeding to St. Patrick's church for services.
A high requiem mass was held for the repose of her soul by the Rev. R.
Collins, the pastor of the church, while the choir under the direction of
Mrs. D.J. Gairaud softly chanted the reposes of the funeral mass.

The church was comfortably filled with friends and acquaintances
of the deceased and of the family, gathered to pay their last respects to
one whom they had all loved and admired for her Christian character, spirit
of friendship and kindness to everyone whom she knew. During her residence
in this city, Mrs. Normandin had always been a faithful and loyal member of
the Ladies' Sodality of the church, and this organization attended the
funeral in a body.

The cortege proceeded to the Catholic cemetery in Santa Clara
for interment, short but solemn services held in the cemetery chapel,
preceding the burial in a vault under the chapel. Numerous floral pieces
expressing the sorrow and sympathy of a large circle of friends of the
family, were conveyed by motor truck and placed before the last resting
place of this devoted pioneer of Santa Clara county.

A most pathetic incident in the death of Mrs. Normandin was the
fact that her only son, Louis Normandin, was away on a trip to the Hawaiian
Islands, it being impossible for him to arrive home in time for the funeral.

Besides her son, Mrs. Normandin is survived by her husband, A.
Normandin, and a brother Antone Pinard, all of whom have the heartfelt
sympathy of the entire community in their time of sorrow.

Those who acted as pall-bearers, all of them relatives of the
deceased with but one exception, were the following: Lloyd, Leon, J.B.,
Antone and Fred Pinard and W. Ricard.

San Jose Mercury Herald, Friday, February 11, 1921

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